Child sex abuse charges, including rape, have been levelled against Surrey Pride Paedophile Stephen Ireland of an LGBT+ charity that pushed young children to challenge their gender.
Stephen Ireland is accused of plotting to kidnap a child, repeated sexual assaults, voyeurism, raping of a minor, and producing obscene images of children.
Appearing in court on Thursday, accused of perpetrating the charges over two years from August 2022 to last month, the 40-year-old, Stephen Ireland, was identified as a director of Pride in Surrey.
David Sutton, 26, a fellow former Surrey Pride Paedophile volunteer accused of voyeurism, possession of extreme pornography, conspiracy to sexually assault a child, and plot to kidnap a child joined him in court.
Arrested on Wednesday, Stephen Ireland and David Sutton from Addlestone in Surrey have since been remanded into custody to appear in court again on September 12.
Additionally, he is accused of voyeurism and producing obscene photos of children.
Stephen Ireland claims on social media to be a supporter of the LGBT+ organisation Educate and Celebrate, which generated controversy when it urged young children to question their gender.
Established by Dr Elly Cannon, the non-profit claimed to have sought to ’embed gender, gender identity and sexual orientation into the fabric’ of companies, including primary schools.
But after a string of events, including lobbying to replace ‘Sir’ and ‘Miss’ with gender-neutral words and one of its other clients, trans comic Jordan Grey, stripping off and revealing their penis during a TV act, it inexplicably closed at the start of 2024.
The chair of trustees for the charity told MailOnline when it dissolved in January that they will ‘continue our much-needed work through other projects’. There is no implication that the charges Ireland faced had any bearing on its closing.
Stephen Ireland has been named a founding member and director of Surrey Pride, a county-based nonprofit running yearly Pride marches and LGBT+ activities. David Sutton thought to have volunteered for the non-profit.
The company claimed it had suspended Stephen Ireland and David Sutton on knowledge of a police inquiry into them in June; it added it was not aware of what they were being investigated for until they were charged.
‘We have been informed of an inquiry involving two former volunteers, Stephen Ireland and David Sutton, both of whom have now been charged,’ a Pride in Surrey spokesman told Surrey Live.
Stephen Ireland also asserted to be the patron of a dubious charity pushing young children to challenge their gender.
Following their Wednesday arrest, Stephen Ireland and David Sutton appeared in Staines Magistrates’ Court (seen) on Thursday.
Surrey Police told Surrey pride on June 12th of an ongoing inquiry involving two volunteers, Stephen Ireland and David Sutton. Volunteers from both companies were suspended right away.
After that, it was decided that Stephen Ireland would be dismissed as a director, and they both left the company. We knew nothing about the specific type of crimes under investigation.
‘[On August 15] Surrey Pride learnt via a social media post the charges lodged against both volunteers. The accusations levelled against the two people horrified and disgusted us.
‘We will thoroughly assist Surrey Police in whatever they ask for. Our prayers centre on the claimed victims and their families.
Stephen Ireland, 40, and David Sutton, 26, both from Addlestone, Surrey, were jointly charged with 15 offences including:
- Six counts of conspiracy to sexually assault a child;
- One count of conspiracy to kidnap a child;
- Four counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence;
- One count of conspiracy to administer a substance with intent;
- One count of publishing an obscene article;
- One count of voyeurism;
- One count of perverting the course of justice
Ireland was charged with an additional 22 offences including:
- The rape of a child under 13;
- Two counts of causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity (penetrative);
- Sexual assault of a child under 13;
- Sexual communication with a child;
- Causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity (non-penetrative);
- Six counts of making indecent photographs of children;
- Two counts of possession of an extreme pornographic image;
- Two counts of possession of prohibited images of children;
- Five counts of distributing indecent photographs of a child;
- One count of publishing an obscene article
Sutton was charged with a further seven offences including:
- Three counts of making indecent photographs of children;
- One count of possession of prohibited images of children;
- One count of possession of an extreme pornographic image;
- Two counts of distributing indecent photographs of a child
UPDATE 05.07.25
Stephen Ireland, the Surrey Pride Paedophile, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping a “highly vulnerable” 12-year-old boy after they connected on a dating application.
Stephen Ireland, 41, co-founder of Pride in Surrey since 2018, raped a kid at the residence he shared with his then-partner and co-defendant David Sutton, 27, in Addlestone on 19 April 2024, following communication on Grindr.
Stephen Ireland received a further six-year sentence on extended licence, while Sutton was imprisoned for four and a half years for producing indecent images of minors and possessing an extreme pornographic image.
On Monday at Guildford Crown Court, Judge Patricia Lees stated that Ireland “exploited” a vulnerable kid.
The individual, designated as Child A in court, who was reported missing, informed the police that they engaged in sexual activity in the apartment, consumed a bong that was subsequently discovered to contain methamphetamine, and that pornography was seen on a laptop.
The court heard the boy had initially told Ireland he was aged 17 – but when he later claimed to be aged 13, Ireland replied: “OK – we just have to keep it a secret.”
“Your response was telling,” Judge Lees told Ireland, who sat in the dock dressed in a large red T-shirt and showed no emotions throughout the hearing.
“Far from finding that repugnant, you found that exciting, and sought to do it again.”
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